How to ask for a number of copies in Finder Print?

Question

How to ask for a number of copies in Print Finder Items? Thanks.
iBook G3 700   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   Still running a paperless office on my iBook! 120gig, 640RAM, 1440 x 900 2nd monitor! 500gig FW-HD!

Answer 1

Here is a script that will create a "Run AppleScript" action in Automater that should do what you want. Just click on the link and hit the Run button in Script Editor.
I wanted to get this too you fast so there is no error checking on the text entered into the dialog. Let me know if you want it added.
click here to open this script in your editor<pre style="font-family: 'Monaco', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; overflow:auto; color: #222; background: #DDD; padding: 0.2em; font-size: 10px; width:400px">
tell application "Automator"
make new workflow
-- Action 1
add Automator action "Run AppleScript" to workflow 1
set value of setting 1 of Automator action 1 of workflow 1 to "on run {input, parameters}
tell application \"Finder\"
activate
set theFiles to input
display dialog \"How many copies do you want\" default answer \"1\"
set NumberOfCopies to text returned of the result as integer
end tell
repeat with aFile in theFiles
repeat with j from 1 to NumberOfCopies
tell application \"Finder\" to display dialog \"Printing copy \" & j & return & aFile giving up after 2
tell application \"Finder\" to print aFile
end repeat
end repeat
return input
end run"
end tell</pre>
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